VARIOUS CS-02 POSITIONS AT PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA !

Update: Please note that no application from the above-mentioned process will be considered. As such, this process will close on Monday, March 22, 2021 and is re-advertised under the number 2021-PSP-EA-CMB-165470-2. Consequently, we strongly encourage you to apply to the new process should you wish to be considered.

Important messages

About Public Safety Canada:

Are you looking for a career where you can make a difference in people’s lives? Do you want to contribute to creating tangible results? If so, Public Safety Canada may be the place for you!

At Public Safety, we embrace a greater diversity of voices and perspectives and make sure everyone’s contributions are valued and included.

Public Safety coordinates an integrated approach to emergency management, law enforcement, corrections, crime prevention and national and border security. We exercise national leadership in building a safe and resilient Canada. Our success lies with a dynamic workforce that strives for excellence and innovation. The way we do our work is just as important as the work we do.

We offer a variety of work locations with challenges and impacts like no other organization in Canada. We believe that our employees are the key to achieving our objectives. That is why we offer a positive work environment that is worthy of their commitment and professionalism. We promote career advancement by offering opportunities to develop and acquire new skills and knowledge. We encourage continuous training and embrace new technologies that allow us to increase efficiency and flexibility in our work environment.

Come to work in an environment that offers many challenges with the opportunity to work on high profile issues!

Most of our employees have been working from home throughout the pandemic and it is anticipated that remote work will be an important part of our flexible work arrangements for the foreseeable future.

« READI-POOLS »: What are they?
An ongoing intake of potential candidates and assessment for just-in-time staffing.

→ The benefits of being part of our READI-POOLS:

You only need to apply once to be considered for many job opportunities. Don’t worry, once your application is in our inventory, even if your application is not selected for one job, it remains in the inventory and can be selected for other opportunities. As an applicant, you can go back and update your resume or respond to the pre-screening questions at any time.

Please note that each hiring manager may have specific criteria to assess for their respective positions. Therefore, “other” qualifications may be considered as essential qualifications based on the current and future requirements of the position being staffed. If you are referred for more than one opportunity, you may be re-assessed on the same criteria. Furthermore, if you do not obtain the required pass mark on one or more criteria, your application may remain in the inventory for possible referral for the other streams for which you have expressed an interest.

Position Titles:

→Stream 1 : Support Analyst, Infrastructure Operations (All of the above-mentioned work locations);
→Stream 2 : Programmer Analyst, Application Development (Ottawa only);
→Stream 3 : Support Analyst, IT Business Line Support Services (Ottawa only);
a) Business Analyst;
b) Quality Assurances;
→Stream 4 : Database Analyst, Database and Data Administration (Ottawa only);
→Stream 5 : Cyber Security Analyst (Ottawa only);
a) Cyber Exercise Support;
b) ICS Support Analyst/ Lab administrator;
c) Cyber Assessment Analyst.

---- How you can apply:

We are taking a simplified approach for you to apply to this inventory. We don’t even require a cover letter! You just need to provide the following:

■ Your resume, which must NOT exceed four (4) pages;
■ During the application process, you will be asked to answer a series of pre-screening questions about “other” qualifications that may be a deciding factor in referring your application to hiring managers for consideration. In this instance, any of the “other” qualifications may be deemed essential requirements for the position being staffed.
■To demonstrate how you meet the screening criteria (education and experience), you will need to provide concrete examples for each screening question to clearly explain how you have acquired the education and experience criteria.

NOTE: To facilitate the referral of applicants to hiring managers, only applications submitted online will be accepted.

We are aware that there are many questions to answer during the application process, please, keep in mind that, in answering all the questions for which you meet the criteria, you will significantly increase your chances of being referred to hiring managers for further consideration.

Please note that the first assessment process that will be conducted via this inventory will begin on February 3, 2021, with the screening phase. Other screening processes will be conducted periodically as vacancies arise.

→ You are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible as we have an immediate needs to staff multiple positions.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff various positions in order to support the Chief Information Officer Directorate of Public Safety Canada. This inventory will also be used to staff future vacancies with various linguistic profiles, conditions of employment, security requirements and various tenures within Public Safety Canada. Persons seeking such job opportunities are encouraged to apply.

Employees occupying a substantive position at the same group and level (CS-02) or equivalent may be considered for secondment, assignment or deployment first.

Positions to be filled: 9

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION

ED1: Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree equivalency

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
- Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB;
- Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC;
- English or French Essential;
- English Essential;
- French Essential.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

EXPERIENCE

ONLY FOR STREAM 1:
E1: Experience analyzing complex* technical problems, proposing solutions and guidance to management on the resolution of problems;
E2: Significant** experience providing on-site or remote IT technical support and guidance to clients in a network environment.

ONLY FOR STREAM 2:
E3: Experience in application development and maintenance using C# and .NET;
E4: Experience developing applications with .NET CORE;
E5: Experience using SQL Server;
E6: Experience working within a software development lifecycle methodology.

ONLY FOR STREAM 3A:
E7: Experience in gathering and compiling business requirements from stakeholders;
E8: Experience in creating, revising and managing Functional Design Specification (FDS) documents.

ONLY FOR STREAM 3B:
E9: Experience performing quality assurance testing in a systematic approach from unit testing to integration testing and user acceptance testing (UAT);
E10: Experience documenting issues and ensuring resolution;
E11: Experience in writing and executing test plans.

ONLY FOR STREAM 4:
E12: Experience administering, migrating and upgrading SQL Server databases;
E13: Experience writing SQL Server SQL scripts;
E14: Experience managing SQL Server security.

ONLY FOR STREAM 5A:
E15: Experience in developing or administrating cyber security simulations, cyber exercises, or cyber security gamification scenarios.

ONLY FOR STREAM 5B:
E16: Experiencing working with or in an Industrial Control System environment;
E17: Experience supporting the administration of a technical laboratory environment.

ONLY FOR STREAM 5C:
E18: Experience auditing organizations or clients in order to determine their cyber security resiliency.


*Complex is defined as situations where there are little details, information is vague or incomplete coming from one of many sources and where various levels of consultation and validation are required.

**Significant is defined as having performed a broad range of related activities considering the complexity, depth and scope of the work handled, as well as the level of responsibility and autonomy demonstrated.

→ PLEASE keep in mind those definition when you provide your examples in response to the screening questions for the experience you indicate possessing.

ABILITIES

FOR ALL STREAMS:
A1: Ability to communicate effectively in writing;
A2: Ability to communicate effectively orally;
A3: Ability to adapt to changing environments under time pressure, priority setting and dealing with conflicting and multiple demands from clients and management;
A4: Ability to analyze problems and provide recommendations;
A5: Ability to manage a broad range of IT initiatives and projects.

ONLY FOR STREAM 1:
A6: Ability to support the enterprise computing infrastructure in the provision, management, storage, operation, scheduling, support and maintenance of the infrastructure;

ONLY FOR STREAM 2:
A7: Ability to design, define, construct, enhance, support and maintain application software in one or more platforms.

ONLY FOR STREAM 4:
A8: Ability to apply the methods, practices and policies that are used in the design and management of databases.

ONLY FOR STREAMS 1, 2, 3B AND 4:
A9: Ability to perform testing of software and/or hardware using a systematic approach.

ONLY FOR STREAM 5:
A10: Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.

ONLY FOR STREAMS 3A AND 5:
A11: Ability to seek and build strategic alliances and collaborative arrangements
through partnerships to advance the objectives of the organization.

COMPETENCIES

FOR ALL STREAMS:
C1: Dependability;
C2: Thinking things through;
C3: Effective interpersonal skills;
C4: Client focus.

ONLY FOR STREAMS 3A AND 5:
C5: Creative thinking;

ONLY FOR STREAM 5:
C6: Showing initiative and being action-oriented.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

OPERATIONNAL REQUIREMENTS:

FOR ALL STREAMS:
OR1: Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice as required.

ONLY FOR STREAMS 1 AND 5:
OR2: Willingness and ability to travel*.

ONLY FOR STREAMS 1 AND 2:
OR3: Willingness and ability to provide on call 24x7 support on a rotational basis.

ONLY FOR STREAM 1:
OR4: Willingness and ability to work operational hours between 7:00AM and 5:30PM local time.
*Please note there will be no travel required at the moment due to the pandemic.

Other information

→ We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you require special accommodation at any stage in the selection process, including technical aid to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please inform as soon as possible. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential;

→ You must include a valid email address in your application. It is your responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also your responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required ;

→ The assessment board may assess qualifications using telephone interview, an in-person interview, pre-recorded video interviews, written tests, references or a combination of these or other assessment methods. Other sources of information (such as performance evaluation, work samples, board member knowledge.) may be used to inform the assessment of the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria;

→Your responses to screening questions may be used to assess the Ability to communicate effectively in writing;

→ A random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any moment of the process to manage the number of candidates;

→ Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application;

→ If you need to communicate with us during any stage of this process, please indicate the selection process number in the subject field of your email;

→ The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.